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§ 8-310. Qualified juror pools

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCourts and Judicial ProceedingsEffective: October 1, 2007

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Title 8. Juries and Jurors (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Prospective and Qualified Jurors (Refs & Annos)
Part II. Qualified Jurors (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2007
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 8-310
§ 8-310. Qualified juror pools
Currentness
Intervals set by jury plan
(a)(1) At each interval set in a jury plan for a county, its jury commissioner shall have names of qualified jurors selected in the number that the jury commissioner decides will satisfy the needs for jury service during the interval.
(2) Subject to § 8-421 of this title, a jury commissioner shall have enough names selected to allow parties to make peremptory challenges as allowed under this title or otherwise provided in the Maryland Rules.
In general
(b) Names selected under this section constitute a qualified juror pool.
Allocation of names between grand and trial juries
(c)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a jury commissioner shall allocate names from the qualified juror pool to grand and trial juries as the jury plan provides.
(2) Except as needed to complete service in a particular case or as otherwise provided in a jury plan, an individual may not be required, in any 3-year period, to serve or attend court for jury service more than once.

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Added by Acts 2006, c. 372, § 13, eff. Oct. 1, 2006. Amended by Acts 2007, c. 13, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 8-310, MD CTS & JUD PRO § 8-310
Current through legislation effective through April 25, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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